Rapid-fire fun, witty over-the-top wordplay, lavish costumes, brilliant acting—you must put Santa Cruz Shakespeare's The Liar on your August calendar. We laughed ourselves senseless on opening night and gave thanks for the astute casting, directing, and savvy choice...

Soif's Grand Opening celebration happens tomorrow, Wednesday, from 4-6. For everybody!! Come check out the new remodel, enjoy comp samples of the new menu, buy yourself a nice glass of wine and salut this team who invested in a vibrant downtown Santa Cruz. Soif.

Yes, but who—or what—is the deus in this taut probe of artificial intelligence? Directed by sci-fi screenwriter Alex Garland, Ex Machina slowly turns some of the major questions of futuristic metaphysics (e.g. Philip K. Dick) around in its spare, elegiac hour and...

Once upon a time people went out to galleries, museums, private homes, and lots of other places, to enjoy seeing artwork. Today people go out to rented spaces, retail shops, and studios to support artists. In other words, people go out and congregate in places filled...

We've been the best of friends, we've been the worst of enemies. We've been intimate and we've been indifferent. But Stephen Kessler and I have known each other for 35 years and except for the few decades when we didn't speak, we've managed to maintain a robust...